Heather May
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Supervision details
I view supervision as the crucible or container where the work with clients can be transformed, and offer a space where this can be explored. Alongside establishing the focus for the work, as well as the contract with the supervisee, I see the heart of the supervision process as the space that opens up once the focus for the work has been established. Within this space, the exploration of the relationship between supervisee and client and the supervisee and supervisor can happen and what is waiting to emerge will emerge.
In a world that can often feel focused on the rush to certainty, to solutions and to knowing the answers, supervision can offer a space where reflection and the creative imagination can be most free to wait to see what will be birthed, and where a soulful relationship can take root.
I offer creative work with image, with the sandtray and/or with drawing to enhance the depth of the work and to free up the space where the crucible can hold what needs to emerge.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).
Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
